January 21st - 23rd

Join us for Fairchild Garden's 5th Annual International Chocolate Festival (10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156) with Coffee, Tea and Beer.  There will be three days of chocolate treats, delicious cups of coffee, soothing cups of tea and beers that complement chocolate from Rogue and Shipyard.

Don't miss, chocolate samples, cacao tree sales, the ChocoKids area, cooking demonstrations, the ChocoWalk,  informative lectures and much, much more. View video and photos of past International Chocolate Festivals to see what makes this event so special. For more details on the event visit their website.

January 28

Enjoy a night under the stars in an intimate setting with the country's most inspired brewers! The 3rd Annual Field of Beers Festival will take over Roger Dean Stadium ( 4751 Main Street Jupiter, FL 33458 ), the beautiful spring training facility of the Florida Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals. America's best craft breweries and top Palm Beach chefs headed by host Chef John Carlino, team up for a classic beer and food pairing.

Meander throughout the stadium visiting fifteen teams of brewers and chefs innovative, original creations, specifically designed to compliment one another. Educate yourself in the art of interpretive pairing of food and beer as they explain the choices they made and illuminate why the foods flavor profiles go so well with the hand-crafted specialties. For tickets visit http://jupitercraftbrewersfestival.com/fobhome.html

January 29th

Join us from 1-5:30 pm at Roger Dean Stadium (4751 Main Street Jupiter, FL 33458) for The Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival. There's no better way to experience the ever-growing world of craft brewing. Guests will sample and savor brews from some of South Florida's as well as the nation's finest breweries. With paid admission and proper identification (stating you are 21 years of age or older) guests will enjoy unlimited samples of the brews. All this while listening to some of the best local entertainment around!

In the past 4 years the festival has come a long way.  Thank you all for your support and great energy throughout. This year's festivities have been taken to a new level. Not only are they raising the bar with variety of beers but they are also expanding the festival grounds (by 4000 sq ft.!).  As they are closing the street, they are debuting yet another event at the amphitheater - Craftoberfest, where craft beer meets Octoberfest! For ticket info visit http://jupitercraftbrewersfestival.com/index2.html

Founder Joey Redner says he's been hiring as demand quadrupled production. He's zoned for the brewing, but still some neighbors across the street have fought the tasting room, where folks can sample and buy the brews.

After a lawsuit failed, the neighborhood association complained to City Hall."We just don't need it in the neighborhood," Carver City and Lincoln Gardens Civic Association President Maurice Harvy told FOX 13. "You see the traffic coming in and out; we have issues enough with traffic coming in and out."

Thursday, it came down to a final council vote after Redner and his father, Joe Redner, had barely won the first round on a close vote. This time, only one neighbor showed up, and she was a brewery supporter.

"I met with Mr. Joey, and we set up a plan in the future to hire some African-American people and they would be helping out in the area with events going on for Lincoln Gardens and Carver City," Mabel Smith said.

The vote then was four to three in Cigar City's favor, with all three African-American Council members siding with the neighborhood association, which pulled no punches about Election Day. For full article and video segment.

Police have started using toughened glass testing equipment - called a polariscope - to ensure landlords are complying with a government initiative to encourage the switch.

Some 52 people were glassed in the Strathclyde Police area alone last year while claims for criminal injuries compensation increased by 10% this year. The majority of the claims were for facial scarring.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill visited a Glasgow pub to demonstrate the new equipment.

He also warned landlords that if anyone is seriously injured in future through their failure to introduce toughened glass they could have their licences reviewed.

Mr. MacAskill confirmed that the new Licensing Act enables licensing boards to apply conditions requiring the use of plastic or toughened glass, and he called on the boards to take "tough action" against any premises that flout these conditions. He said: "Everyone in Scotland should be able to live free from the fear of violence and violent crime is now at its lowest level in 26 years. For full article